Foto Archivio A. De Nicola

ha dato i tre tocchi previsti dal cerimoniale per aprire la Porta Santa di Collemaggio
The three obvious signs left by Pope Francis when, with the traditional stick, on 28 August 202 gave the three ceremonial touches to open the Holy Door of Collemaggio

Excerpt from the map of the city of L’Aquila before the 1703 earthquake, at the top the settlement of Collemaggio near Porta Bazzano.

Damage to the facade of the church of Avezzano earthquake of 1915

The façade in 1848

The façade in a 19th-century engraving. The balcony is present

The façade of the Basilica di Collemaggio in 1904

Baroque interior before the intervention of Superintendent Mario Moretti in the early 1970s

Play of light from the rose window in the apse after the Eni restoration in 2017

The stone with the crescent

The stone near the Holy Door

28 April 2009: Pope Benedict XVI passes under the Holy Door

28 April 2009: Pope Benedict XVI donates his Pallium over the remains of Celestine V

The damage to the apse from the earthquake of 6 April 2009

The damage, from above, of the earthquake of 6 April 2009

The earthquake damage of 6 April 2009

The dome before the 2009 earthquake

The 18th century wooden choir behind the altar until the 2009 earthquake and now under restoration

Guide to Collemaggio without the fresco attributed to Saturnino Gatti

The legend of the killer nail: the fresco attributed to Saturnino Gatti (to know more)

The pierced skull of Celestine V

The pierced skull of Celestine V (detail)

30 August 1980: John Paul kneels in private before the remains of Celestine V

The frontispiece of the homily on the Vatican website

The Sacred Remains of Celestine V

The wax mask in the setting of the Sacred Relics of Celestine until May 2013

The “slippers” in the setting of the Sacred Leaves of Celestine until May 2013
PER APPROFONDIRE:
Il filmato dell’Istituto Luce sulla Perdonanza Celestiniana del 1932
(clicca qui o sul play dell’immagine)

Pope Francis praying before the remains of Celestine on 28 August 2022

Pope Francis on arrival at Collemaggio on 28 August 2022

Pope Francis opens the Holy Door of Collemaggio on 28 August 2022

Pope Francis in a wheelchair before opening the Holy Door of Collemaggio on 28th August 2022

Pope Francis with Cardinal Giuseppe Petrocchi in Piazza Duomo in L’Aquila on 28 August 2022

Pope Francis with Cardinal Giuseppe Petrocchi in the still devastated cathedral square
in L’Aquila on 28 August 2022
Pope Francis on 18 August 2022 greets the crowd in L’Aquila in dialect: Jemo ‘nnanzi
Pope Francis on 4 April 2014 speaks about the L’Aquila earthquake in dialect: Jemo ‘nnanzi
Pope Francis exalts Celestine V in L’Aquila on 28 August 2022
Il romanzo sulla Perdonanza Celestiana
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(Leggi il testo del romanzo on line)

La storia die primi trent’anni (1983- 2013) della Perdonanza Moderna, edizione per edizione (Clicca qui)

Un saggio sull’eroica figura dell’Eremita del Morrone (Clicca qui)



Un saggio del 2022
